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...movement was once a noble group that fought to prevent children from smoking and expose the liars and crooks in the tobacco industry who made billions while their customers died of lung cancer. But, like so many feminists who see an aggressive phallic symbol in every missile, monument or oak tree, extremists have stepped to the forefront of this movement. These people no longer seek to inform the public but to conform it to their way of life and, with disturbing speed and success, have made smoking illegal from the laid-back lounges of SoCal to the dimly lit dives...
...cover back property taxes.) Faced with a stalling career, at 53 Gilley decided to be one of the first country artists to open a theater in Branson. Once again, his entrepreneurial instincts proved dead on: Branson became a country-music Las Vegas, buzzing with regular visitors like the Oak Ridge Boys. Soon Gilley was playing two shows a day, six days a week, in his 950-seat theater and selling fans $32 videotapes of the show they had just seen...
Despite the difficulties, the act is in many ways producing the results Bush intended. At Pepper Elementary School in Oak Park, Mich., listed as failing because only 33% of kids are reading at grade level, former students are volunteering to work with those who need help. The school has hired six retired teachers to give students additional help and is using federal money to set up a summer tutoring program. "You don't feel good about working in a failing school," says fourth-grade teacher Maureen Line. "But since we were labeled as such, people have really pulled together...
...other bidder, Cambridge-based Oak Tree Developers, met the monetary requirement in its plan to build condominium units—but failed to send in a deposit, as required...
...Oak Tree is now looking into working with Lesley to develop housing that could become part of Lesley’s campus...